Posts Tagged ‘policing’
Costa Mesa Police To Act as Immigration Enforcers
9:16 am By Maegan La Mala · California|Immigration · Comments Off
9 Dec 2005
On Wednesday the Costa Mesa City Council approved a plan to have police officers enforce immigration laws. The Police department, based on a plan put forward by the Costa Mesa Mayor, Allan Mansoor, will be trained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials over a 3 1/2 week period to enforce immigration laws while conducting their normal duties. So while police technically are not supposed to be looking for undocumented immigrants, they now do have the right to ask about status when suspected of other crimes. If a person is determined to be in the country “illegally”, police will contact immigration officials to begin proceedings that could lead to detention and deportation.
Transgender Latinas Abused by Police
4:15 pm By Maegan La Mala · GLBT|New York City · Comments Off
17 Nov 2005
It probably is no surprise that Latinos are targeted and profiled by the police, often making our community the victims of police abuse and brutality. With just a few days before November 20th, Transgender Remembrance Day, a day honoring those who have been killed as a result of prejudice, it’s also a good time to take note at how pervasive police abuse against our transgender brothers and sisters really is.
Many people think of New York City’s Greenwich Village as liberal and open minded, yet it was in broad daylight in the Village earlier this year that 20-year-old Maria Lopez was sexually harassed and arrested for loitering by the New York City Police Department while she waited for a bus.
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